| 105871 | September 16 | Birth | 1881 – Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (d. 1964) |
| 105872 | September 16 | Birth | 1883 – T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (d. 1917) |
| 105873 | September 16 | Birth | 1886 – Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966) |
| 105874 | September 16 | Birth | 1887 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (d. 1979) |
| 105875 | September 16 | Birth | 1888 – W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (d. 1971) |
| 105876 | September 16 | Birth | 1888 – Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964) |
| 105877 | September 16 | Birth | 1891 – Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (d. 1980) |
| 105878 | September 16 | Birth | 1891 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (d. 1972) |
| 105879 | September 16 | Birth | 1893 – Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwiter (d. 1956) |
| 105880 | September 16 | Birth | 1893 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) |
| 105881 | September 16 | Birth | 1895 – Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (d. 1973) |
| 105882 | September 16 | Birth | 1896 – Margaret Fitzgerald, Canadian super-centenarian (d. 2009) |
| 105883 | September 16 | Birth | 1897 – Milt Franklyn, American composer (d. 1962) |
| 105884 | September 16 | Birth | 1898 – H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George (d. 1977) |
| 105885 | September 16 | Birth | 1899 – Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (d. 1975) |
| 105886 | September 16 | Birth | 1905 – Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (d. 1980) |
| 105887 | September 16 | Birth | 1906 – Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel (d. 1996) |
| 105888 | September 16 | Birth | 1910 – Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (d. 1975) |
| 105889 | September 16 | Birth | 1910 – Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (d. 2003) |
| 105890 | September 16 | Birth | 1911 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (d. 1983) |
| 105891 | September 16 | Birth | 1911 – Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005) |
| 105892 | September 16 | Birth | 1914 – Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999) |
| 105893 | September 16 | Birth | 1915 – Cy Walter, American pianist (d. 1968) |
| 105894 | September 16 | Birth | 1916 – Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (d. 1978) |
| 105895 | September 16 | Birth | 1916 – M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer and actress (d. 2004) |
| 105896 | September 16 | Birth | 1916 – Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (d. 1999) |
| 105897 | September 16 | Birth | 1918 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (d. 1968) |
| 105898 | September 16 | Birth | 1919 – Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015) |
| 105899 | September 16 | Birth | 1919 – Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (d. 1990) |
| 105900 | September 16 | Birth | 1919 – Andy Russell, American singer and actor (d. 1992) |